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scott brown has been standing in the polls, despite his loss. they don't really have anyone else to put in the field. the democratic primary could be the whole ballgame. host: that is frank phillips talking about who might run to replace john kerry in the senate seat in massachusetts. what happens in the short term? governor deval patrick can name a temporary successor. what are we looking at for that? guest: we will know in a couple hours. everybody is on edge on that. this is massachusetts politics. several names are being floated around. he's keeping it close to his vest. vicki kennedy, edward kennedy's widow, is one person whose name is on the top of the list. and his former chief of staff, moe, he could be one of those. the governor said he was leaning toward putting somebody in there, a woman or person of color. carol, a woman named prominent african-american business woman who has been active in democratic politics. her name has been floated. but we really don't know. we should know sometime this morning what he's going to do. that person
scott brown has been standing in the polls, despite his loss. they don't really have anyone else to put in the field. the democratic primary could be the whole ballgame. host: that is frank phillips talking about who might run to replace john kerry in the senate seat in massachusetts. what happens in the short term? governor deval patrick can name a temporary successor. what are we looking at for that? guest: we will know in a couple hours. everybody is on edge on that. this is massachusetts...
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and at 10:40, from brown university, polling and the 2012 presidential election. tuesday night on c-span. >> "washington journal" continues. host: happy new year, charles hurt. what is your take on this deal? guest: i think it is a monumental mess. the notion you will take this entire problem and put it on to 2% of businesses. work.t think it will the president said this is the beginning of tax hikes and that we'll have more next year. i think he will keep going back to more and more people until they get it down to the earners of $250,000 and above. it is a tough sell for republicans and house. i do not think it will have as much support in the house that we saw in the senate. i'm blown away by the republicans that voted for this. speaker john boehner has run an open job compared to previous speakers. he has let a lot of things go on the floor. he has been far less of the hammer then some of his predecessors. i think that's what he is going to do at this time. i think he will put it on the floor and say, vote however you want. joe biden and president obama will w
and at 10:40, from brown university, polling and the 2012 presidential election. tuesday night on c-span. >> "washington journal" continues. host: happy new year, charles hurt. what is your take on this deal? guest: i think it is a monumental mess. the notion you will take this entire problem and put it on to 2% of businesses. work.t think it will the president said this is the beginning of tax hikes and that we'll have more next year. i think he will keep going back to more and...
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jerry brown of california. what is the big headline out of california? guest: the headline is definitely the improved situation. what california is the improved major tax increases -- they approved major tax increases which helped them deal with the immediate problems. as you see there are questions about how ambitious california can or should be in the year ahead. governor brown definitely has a major plans including a high- speed rail system from northern california to southern california. that is good to take a lot of money and a lot of years to build. he has also been preaching caution to the legislature. california is one of the states where there are big a majority of democrats -- there are a bigger majority of democrats tweets it gives them more power with even just regular trips -- with just regular majorities. host: the new york times talked about the governor's position compared to democrats. is he more law -- is the more moderate compared to the legislators in california? how is he stacking up to them in terms of the state's vision? >> one thi
jerry brown of california. what is the big headline out of california? guest: the headline is definitely the improved situation. what california is the improved major tax increases -- they approved major tax increases which helped them deal with the immediate problems. as you see there are questions about how ambitious california can or should be in the year ahead. governor brown definitely has a major plans including a high- speed rail system from northern california to southern california....
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scott brown leading ed markey slightly. brown entered the massachusetts special election with a slight lead over the democratic establishment candidate according to a poll released wednesday by a democratic firm. next call on whether or not your views have changed on gun- control comes from rick in idaho on the republican line. good morning. caller: good morning. i'm a retired gunner from the u.s. marine corps. i have a simple solution appeared this is what leadership has to say. by executive order of the president of united states, when a criminal commits such a crime as children being slaughtered, those criminals need to be put in the gas chamber within 30 calendar days of their conviction. we nee to start treating murderers like murderers and quit changing the gun-control laws. w 98% of. ho are in compliance with -- 98% of americans are in compliance with gun-control laws. so you put the person in the gas chamber within 30 days. there's the answer. we need good leadership and the white house such as john mccain for presi
scott brown leading ed markey slightly. brown entered the massachusetts special election with a slight lead over the democratic establishment candidate according to a poll released wednesday by a democratic firm. next call on whether or not your views have changed on gun- control comes from rick in idaho on the republican line. good morning. caller: good morning. i'm a retired gunner from the u.s. marine corps. i have a simple solution appeared this is what leadership has to say. by executive...
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i think it will be a pressing battle if scott brown decides to run. we raised over 2.5 million dollars. we bring people power to the table, everyday people that want to support bold, aggressive candidates. we bring the nation of people willing to make phone calls. people that are willing to get home from work and spend two hours calling t voters. -- key voters. we also give the advice to candidates, and as we asked people to donate to a candidate, but it is not been wasted. -- been wasted. guest: -- host: how should democrats vote and we nomination of chuck hagel? guest: we have not gotten into effect. host: arizona. -- caller: i wanted to ask about the flat tax. broad across the board. guest: we oppose that because the rich need to pay their fair share and every study shows a flat tax would increase taxes on the little people. but me one more idea on the table. -- let me get one more idea on the table. oftentimes, conclusions are made from certain choices put on the table. if they exclude certain choices, good choices cannot be made. they will say we
i think it will be a pressing battle if scott brown decides to run. we raised over 2.5 million dollars. we bring people power to the table, everyday people that want to support bold, aggressive candidates. we bring the nation of people willing to make phone calls. people that are willing to get home from work and spend two hours calling t voters. -- key voters. we also give the advice to candidates, and as we asked people to donate to a candidate, but it is not been wasted. -- been wasted....
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elizabeth warren won a huge battle with senator scott brown. how will she going to operate? the financial industry is a little bit nervous about her. she had the idea to come up with the consumer bureau that was so controversial, the agency that is now up and running as far as wall street reform. those two have strong personalities. they could also be dealmakers. host: on the republican side? guest: on the republican side, steve stockman, congressman, he will vote against the speaker. what kind of committee assignments will he get if he does that? that is one republican come in in not being shy. host: 1 last phone call for bob cusack. john in oregon, independent. caller: hello. all these issues mean absolutely nothing until you get down to accountability. host: what to you mean? caller: how come there's no criminal investigation of any of these bankers, of these corporate whores raking us over the coals? not one of them has gone to jail. a couple little small mutuals -- sorry for the people that lost their people-- i lost two retirement funds. first one was with ronald reaga
elizabeth warren won a huge battle with senator scott brown. how will she going to operate? the financial industry is a little bit nervous about her. she had the idea to come up with the consumer bureau that was so controversial, the agency that is now up and running as far as wall street reform. those two have strong personalities. they could also be dealmakers. host: on the republican side? guest: on the republican side, steve stockman, congressman, he will vote against the speaker. what kind...
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i am just keeping my head above water so i do not brown. host: two perspectives, one from louisiana, one from pennsylvania. guest: for what it is worth, congress, on their own, chose not to increase their own pay. regarding individual tax rates being too high, i have to reflect on france where they raised the individual rates to 75%, declared unconstitutional, and you saw prominent french -- you saw a prominent french citizen repatriate to russia. people here in d.c. and maryland are considering moving to virginia to avoid the estate tax. and other states like florida, where you do not have any income tax. people flocked for generations to florida. that is transitioning into the nation as a whole, where you see a number of individuals each year expatriate. we have a role -- we have a whole regime of rules regarding that as well. host: vladimir putin welcomes gerard depardieu to russia. after abandoning his homeland to avoid a new tax rate for millionaires. from euclid, ohio, on our independents line. caller: i want to comment on a couple of
i am just keeping my head above water so i do not brown. host: two perspectives, one from louisiana, one from pennsylvania. guest: for what it is worth, congress, on their own, chose not to increase their own pay. regarding individual tax rates being too high, i have to reflect on france where they raised the individual rates to 75%, declared unconstitutional, and you saw prominent french -- you saw a prominent french citizen repatriate to russia. people here in d.c. and maryland are...
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in classic peanuts, she says to charlie brown, i think we have been stuck with a used year, instead of a new year. last week at the archives, they had a documentary about the conversation with the president from 1962. president kennedy. he deals -- it was very similar to what we hear arguments now about how -- it was really excellent view. an excellent conversation. how he has to deal with the congress. and his -- this conversation with his advisers. he does not have to agree with them necessarily. getting the cost of war was not included in the debt. rallied against it, anyway, the cost of war was not put in to our debt. that was inherited by president obama. host: if he does bypass congress, as recommended by summit -- senate democrats, what would your bottom line opinion because marn be? caller: he is doing the right thing. he is doing what the adversary is going to be -- if there was no debt, the banks would still be charging. you would have to put the money forward. even if your debt is fine. host: think you for the call. you mentioned president kennedy. there is a story this morn
in classic peanuts, she says to charlie brown, i think we have been stuck with a used year, instead of a new year. last week at the archives, they had a documentary about the conversation with the president from 1962. president kennedy. he deals -- it was very similar to what we hear arguments now about how -- it was really excellent view. an excellent conversation. how he has to deal with the congress. and his -- this conversation with his advisers. he does not have to agree with them...
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work because you have hispanics doing yard work that white american kids and black american kids and brown american kids should be doing. they are stealing the jobs at mcdonald's. i'm glad your receptionist that me in on the line. a lot of people are coming here across the border and they are being exploited. president obama, i know there are a lot of hispanic homosexuals that have come across the border illegally. you need to -- host: you brought up a lot of issues. he talks about jobs and want the young people to be able to get those jobs. he talked about the drug war and who might be exploited. guest: we are a civil rights organizations and work on education, employment, health care, in addition to the immigration. we know a good job is the american way to upward mobility. i have not seen how much legislation has been introduced for better wages. we think that if you have the workforce employers can take advantage of and payless and not give good safety equipment to do their jobs, they can take that work force. we want to make sure that people are abiding by those roles. i go back to th
work because you have hispanics doing yard work that white american kids and black american kids and brown american kids should be doing. they are stealing the jobs at mcdonald's. i'm glad your receptionist that me in on the line. a lot of people are coming here across the border and they are being exploited. president obama, i know there are a lot of hispanic homosexuals that have come across the border illegally. you need to -- host: you brought up a lot of issues. he talks about jobs and...
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guest: i was the president of brown university. i know that private colleges have a different set of economics to deal with. a think we ask a question this way. is there a real issue of escalating costs and higher education? i believe there is. i have seen that everywhere i go. the difference between a high school degree and a college degree over a lifetime of earnings is well over a million dollars. we have to think about it from the investment side. with the community colleges, which of the front door to the american dream, their cost structures of very low. -- are very low. what we're trying to focus on in our report is, how do we maintain quality and contain costs. that is also for our colleagues in the private sector. many of them are working very hard on that. in this economic tsunami we have been going through, we have been in a massive fund-raising campaign. 2008 we stopped it. we stopped and the diamonds and we're going to focus on what we call students -- it and we said we're going to focus on what we call students, stude
guest: i was the president of brown university. i know that private colleges have a different set of economics to deal with. a think we ask a question this way. is there a real issue of escalating costs and higher education? i believe there is. i have seen that everywhere i go. the difference between a high school degree and a college degree over a lifetime of earnings is well over a million dollars. we have to think about it from the investment side. with the community colleges, which of the...